There's 2 seperate things here. I think one has to ask why so many kids still gravitate towards Star Wars (either the prequels or the cartoons) whilst having no connection to Indiana Jones. It really...

Slightly off topic... but the only premiere gathering I've seen was for the Corpse Bride, which I happened to stumble upon by chance because I was coincidentally on a night out in Leicester Square. I...

I think you over credit the movies and do the TV series a dis-service. I agree that the Indy movies are much more "pulp/comic book" like than the TV series... and the tone is palpably different. But...

Isn't the premise of the thread based on the notion that the cue is unexpected? Ergo not expected, out of place? If not, why have a thread asking the question re. intent of filmmakers to have the cue...

Yep... but that would have been 4 or 5 years after TLC. In reality 5-8 years if a new Indy movie had gone into production then. I think the Indiana Jones series is a 3 series movie at best. Anything...

The IMDB demographic is far too limited. It's like polling AICN members and expecting an intelligent insight into a movie. Lucas neither tried to turn Skull into a toy selling machine nor did he fail...

I thought Donovan was/is a good villain... albeit in a subtle way. He's not a cat stroking (refrained from the word "pus*y) Bond like villain... nor does he go around, figuratively, biting the heads...